Book #46110

The Vanishing Vision: The Inside Story of Public Television - 1st Edition/1st Printing

James Day
Book #46110 The Vanishing Vision: The Inside Story of Public Television - 1st Edition/1st Printing. James Day.

Binding: 1/4 Cloth
Book Condition: Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Publisher: Berkeley, CA, Los Angeles, and London: University of California Press, [1995].
ISBN: 0520086597

A gorgeous first edition/first printing in Very Fine condition in alike dust-jacket.

A riveting and highly readable account of the history of American public television from its inauspicious roots in the 1950s to its presence in contemporary culture. Joan Ganz Cooney, Chairman of the Children's Television Workshop asserts that the book reads like a 'whodunit', while Erik Barnouw, author of Tube of Plenty calls it a 'sweeping chronicle' ; 8vo; 443 pages.

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